09/11/2026
What is now Benton-Glunt and Tapp is celebrating 100th anniversary ⬇
On Sept. 19, 1926, a large ad appeared in the Gleaner & Journal announcing the formal opening of the Otis A. Benton & Co. funeral home at 17-19 S. Main St.
It was, the firm said, “in keeping with a city such as we believe Henderson is destined to be.”
A century later, what is now Benton-Glunt & Tapp Funeral Home is quietly observing the 100th anniversary of the founding of its business.
How the business evolved over a century isn’t a simple story. And while the Benton-Glunt and Tapp funeral homes operated for generations as entirely separate businesses, they followed a curiously parallel path.
Learn more in the full story. Link in the comments ⬇
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